Catastrophic Events Pathfinders
Overall
Weather and Disaster Sites
Nature Reports: Climate Change
CBC News: The World’s Worst Natural Disasters
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Book Resources:
Robinson, Andrew, 1957- Earth shock : climate, complexity and the forces of nature. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1993.
Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951- Environmental disasters. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1994.
Reader's Digest Association. Great disasters : dramatic true stories of nature's awesome powers. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1989.
Lee, Celeste. Guinness world records. Deadly disasters : catastrophic records in history. New York : Scholastic, c2006.
Hammond Incorporated. Hammond new century world atlas. [Maplewood, NJ] : Hammond Incorporated, c1996.
Smith, Roger, 1959 Aug. 15- Humanitarian relief operations : lending a helping hand. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007.
Goodman, Billy. Natural wonders and disasters. Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, c1991.
O'Connor, Karen, 1938- Nature runs wild : true disaster stories. New York : F. Watts, 1979.
Hurricanes
EBSCO database search on hurricanes
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Hurricanes
The New Orleans Times Picayune's Interactive Hurricane Katrina Map
Nettreker: Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Memory Bank: Collecting Memories from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
BBC America's Hurricane Rita: the Impact
Book resources:
Allaby, Michael. Hurricanes. New York : Facts On File, c1997.
Brennan, Kristine, 1969- The Galveston hurricane. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2002.
Greenberg, Keith Elliot. Hurricanes and tornadoes. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, c1994.
Kahl, Jonathan D. Storm warning : tornadoes and hurricanes. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1993.
Simon, Seymour. Storms. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1989.
Floods
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia Online: Floods
Book resources:
Elsom, Derek M. Weather explained : a beginner's guide to the elements. New York : H. Holt, 1997.
Rozens, Aleksandrs, 1967- Floods. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, 1994.
Smith, Roger, 1959 Aug. 15- Humanitarian relief operations : lending a helping hand. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007.
Tsunamis
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Tsunamis
Kids Infobits: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004
Science News for Kids: Tsunamis
Book Resources:
Karwoski, Gail Langer. Tsunami : the true story of an April Fools' Day disaster. Plain City, OH : Darby Creek Pub., c2006.
Woods, Michael, 1946- Tsunamis. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c2007.
Forest Fires
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Forest Fires
Britannica Online: Forest Fires
Book Resources:
Raven, Catherine, 1959- Forestry. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.
Volcanoes
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Volcanoes
Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia
Book Resources:
Matthews, Rupert. The eruption of Krakatoa. New York : Bookwright Press, 1989.
Lampton, Christopher. Volcano. Brookfield, CT : Millbrook Press, c1991.
Martin, Fred, 1948- Volcano. Crystal Lake, IL : Rigby Interactive Library, c1996.
Lauber, Patricia. Volcano : the eruption and healing of Mount St. Helens. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993, c1986.
Van Rose, Susanna. Volcano & earthquake. London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
Dineen, Jacqueline. Volcanoes. New York : Gloucester, 1991.
Tornados
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Tornados
From Texas Almanac online: a brief description of the 1997 Jarrell Tornado
Search results in NY Times for the Jarrell Tornado of 1997
Book Resources: see Overall Weather and Disaster Sites Book List
Earthquakes
Funk & Wagnalls’ Online Encyclopedia: Earthquakes
The January 17, 1995 Kobe Earthquake
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
Earthquakes for Kids
Faults and Earthquakes
Why the Earth Shakes: Seismic Science
Britannica Online: Earthquakes
Book Resources:
Newton, David E. Earthquakes. New York : Watts, c1993.
Maslin, Mark. Earthquakes. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2000.
Ritchie, David, 1952 Sept. 18- Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes. New York : Facts on File, c2001.
Smith, Roger, 1959 Aug. 15- Humanitarian relief operations : lending a helping hand. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007.
Van Rose, Susanna. Volcano & earthquake. London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
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